ST. MARY’S STUDENTS
FROM FARAWAY PLACES
This year at St. Mary’s we
are fortunate to have four
foreign students among us.
These girls are Sandra
Keesee, Sohelia Nemat-
babhoh, Muriel Panayotti and
Azita Katoozian. We in
terviewed these four girls to
let the students of St. Mary’s
know what it is like to be a
foreign student and attend St.
Mary’s.
Sohelia is a special
student at St. Mary’s because
she only attends classes for
half a day. She is from Iran
and came to the United States
two and a half years ago. She
chose to come to St. Mary’s
because her husband is a
student at State and Sohelia,
liking small places, wanted to
attend a small college.
Though she says that
everyone is good to her there
were some adjustments that
she had to make. Sohelia had
lived in Iowa for awhile before
coming to St. Mary’s and
having become used to the
Iowa accent she found it
difficult to understand the
southern accent. She says that
d has become easier for her
Wit sometimes she still has
Rouble understanding her
tochers. After finishing at St.
Mary’s Sohelia wants to go to
a university, but she is not
quite sure where.
Muriel, a senior here at
^t. Mary’s, is from La Cieba,
Honduras. When she lived in
^ Ceiba, Muriel attended an
American school sponsored by
Hole Bananas. When she
came to America she attended
a school in Rhode Island but
did not want to return there.
Muriel received a catalogue of
St. Mary’s and decided that
St. Mary’s was where she
wanted to be. She came by
plane to St. Mary’s and says
that she really did not know
what it was like in North
Carolina. As she flew over
Raleigh she saw all our trees
and said “Oh my god where
am I going?” When Muriel
first came to St. Mary’s, she
found that the teachers ex
pected more of her here, than
at her other school. She also
found it difficult to become
acquainted with the Southern
accent after becoming use to
the Northern accent. Even
though she found the accent
difficult she says that
everyone was really nice and
made her feel at home. Muriel
considered going to Florida
after finishing at St. Mary’s
but she thinks that she will
stay in Raleigh and go to
State.
Azita, who is also from
Iran, is a senior at St. Mary’s.
She attended high school here
and is finishing her last year
of college. She heard about St.
Mary’s through her sister,
who lives in Raleigh. When
she first came here, she felt
like a stranger, because she
did not know any English.
After awhile, she says that she
met people and her English
improved. Azita feels like she
really had to make a lot of
adjustments. She says that
she could not get used to how
fast people talked over here
College Tuition Relief Act Proposed
(CH) - The proposed
College Tuition Tax Relief
^ct, which would allow a
^xpayer to take a $250 credit
*or college tuition paid, has
[J}ct mixed reactions from the
higher education community.
A survey by the National
^sociation of State
Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges showed that roughly
one-third of its members
lavored the tuition tax credit,
one third opposed it, and one-
third wanted to explore other
"'nys of reducing the burden
oi college expenses.
Why should anyone in
jOgher education be opposed
[? ?. "measure that would make
^ financially easier to attend
^‘lege? Because, say op
ponents, it would cost the
government over $1 billion
and take away from funds that
might be spent even more
benefically for higher
education. “There are
traditional ways of spending
that much money in the form
of loans or grants that would
be more effective,” says
Larry Horton, an official of
Stanford University, an in
stitution that is on record as
opposing the proposal.
But Sen. William Roth (R-
Del.), who introduced the bill,
says it would give a break to
middle-income taxpayers who
face a tuition expense and
would not be a replacement
for other forms of aid to
higher education.
The proposal has Senate
and House support but is
opposed by the Carter ad
ministration.
and she also found that the
customs were completely
different than those of her
native country. One of the
hardest things for Azita was
attending the St. Mary’s
chapel services. Azita had
always attended a Moslem
service and found it hard to
become acquainted with our
services. The dating here is
also different than in Iran.
Azita says, “Here you have to
invite your date in after he
takes you out and if he doesn’t
kiss you, the girl thinks that he
had a bad time. It is not like
this in Iran.” Because Azita is
close to her family, she found
it lonesome over here for
awhile, because she missed
home and felt that people over
here just weren’t interested in
foreign students. However,
she soon felt at home here at
St. Mary’s. Azita plans to go to
State next year and tWnks
that she wants to major in
science. She says that she will
return to Iran eventually
because “there’s no place like
home.”
Sandra Keesee is a junior
at St. Mary’s. She is originally
from Puerto Rico, but now she
lives in the Bahamas. Sandra
chose to come to St. Mary’s,
because she wanted to go to a
small college and felt that St.
Mary’s was best suited for
her. The biggest adjustment
that Sandra had to make was
getting use to being away
from home, but she said that it
was made easy for her
because everyone was good to
her and made her feel at home
at St. Mary’s. Sandra wants to
major in dance and is
presently a member of Or-
chesis.
We are fortunate to have
each of these special girls at
Sohelia, Sandra, Azita, and Muriel enjoy the snow at St. Mary’s.
St. Mary’s. They are friendly, home lands and their im
pressions of America, North
Carolina, and St. Mary’s.
interesting to talk to, and
always willing to discuss their
Students Pay Phone Bills
MUNCIE, Ind. (CH) - A
survey at Ball State U. here
has concluded that most
students pay their own bills
when they call long distance,
dispelling the stereotype of
the student calling home
collect.
The survey, conducted by
the Office of Student Affairs,
discovered that 71 percent of
the students pay their own
bills for long distance calls.
Other survey results
concluded that 62 percent of
the students make between
three and 10 long distance
calls per month, while 13
percent make more than 11.
The average monthly
telephone bill was estimated
at less than $20, while 21
percent of the students
reported monthly bills
averaging between $31 and
$50. Five percent said they
have bills averaging over $75
a month.
New Dancers
Chosen
The Caperettes, Orchesis
and Gille Callum Dancers
have all held workshops and
tryouts and new members
have been added to each of the
groups.
New Caperettes
Duvall Schultz and
Lawrence; Orchesis
added Rachel Woodruff;
are
Pat
has
and
Gillie Callum’s new member
is Julie Parson.
These new dancers
performed for their first time
at the February 1 Stewart
Theatre engagement.
THE WILD AND THE WOOLY
bv
Denise Land!
A lot has been going on
here at St. Elizabeth’s School
for Girls. In our last episode.
Holly was unjustly accused of
cheating due to the snooping
of Doreen Dale. Doreen,
taking the case of Honor
Board, found her, herself
thrown out of court and
Holly’s case dismissed. Since
that time, Doreen has locked
herself in the bathroom
refusing visitors and only
coming out long enough to
attend classes. Holly and
Leslie are not unhappy with
the situation. They do not even
care that they are forced to
wash their faces in the public
bathroom in the Student
Union. The absence of the
odious Doreen from their
presraice has lifted their
spirits almost to the degree of
elation.
At present, the two friends
are discussing the upcoming
class dance. Leslie has been
going through her address
bo* trying to decide which
one of her many men she will
dsic.
“I’ve narrowed it down to
211,” says Leslie. She doesn’t
realize how this statement
grates on Holly’s nerves.
“Oh really, what hap
pened to the last 73?” Holly
answers, not really caring but
feeling obligated to ask.
“They’re either too fat,
too skinny, not cute enough,
bad dancers, or queer!!”
Holly laughs in spite of
herself. She, at present, has no
one to ask. “I’ve got a good
idea, let’s go down to
Billsborough Street and check
out Macks, Larry’s, and
Edward’s Market. Maybe
there will be someone down
there we can talk into going
with us.”
“Goood idea!” said
Leslie. “I bet some of the
Nigma Snus, AK’s or ESA’s
will be hanging around trying
to look cool and we’ll catch
them by surprise.”
“They won’t have an
excuse,” laughs Holly. “Th
dance is a month away, they
can’t have plans. This is the
best idea we’ve had all year!”
“You mean tesides
locking Doreen in the
bathroom,” laughs Leslie.
At Macks there is the
usual delirium and Leslie and
Holly push through the crowd.
“What about those guys
over in the comer?” asks
Leslie.
“Those two lovers! ” Holly
is wide-eyed. “We’d be
fighting them off all night!”
“It’s too late,” whispers
Leslie, “Here they come.”
“Hi girls, wanna shake a
leg?” (The two boys seem to
know all the collie lingo!)
“What for?” asks Holly
increduously. She has no idea
what they mean. She is very
frightened and suddenly
develops a burning desire to
run all the way back down^
Billsborough Street and
straight to St. Elizabeth’s.
The two boys are laughing
at Holly but persist, “Don’t
you girls know how to dance?”
“Of course we know how
to dance you dumb nurds,”
Leslie snaps. “Come on
Holly.”
Leslie turns to go but
realizes one of the boys has
grabbed Holly and is wildly
throwing her around the
dance floor. Suddenly, she
finds herself dancing with the
second boy, and there is no
way to stop. She looks at Holly
and laughs. Holly looks at her
and laughs. Twenty minutes
later they find themselves
walking out to the car with the
two young men.
“Leslie,” (Holly is getting
a little drunk) “Let’s take an
illegal, so we can really have
some fun.”
“Allright!” shout the
boys.
“Allright,” shouts Leslie.
(As usual, she is ready for any
type of escapade.) “Let’s go to
the beach!”
In a minute they are in the
car and heading for the beach.
The two girls look at each
other.
“Remember what we
went out for,” whispers
Leslie.
“Okay, you ask first,”
answers Holly.
“Later,” Leslie answers
from the back seat. She begins
to say something else but all
at once she finds herself in a
passionate embrace. Holly
turns around and giggles,
watching Leslie struggle.
“Don’t laugh,” says the
boy tehind the wheel, “wait
until it’s his turn to drive.”
In spite of the seven bwrs
and everything else. Holly
suddenly becomes very
scared.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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